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/^t/Not all prevarications should be condemned as well as not all of them should be accepted. Similarly to justifiable and unjustifiable wars (defensive wars and wars of aggression respectively) there are also lies that can be excused and such ones that should be condemned; however, unlikely to wars that always cause suffering, there exists a class of lies that helps people to survive and to cherish hope of better life. There are lies that can make dipressed people smile and these should not, by any means, be condemned as immoral or bad.